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Bob Saverine

Robert Paul Saverine (Rabbit)

Positions: Second Baseman, Centerfielder and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: June 2, 1941 in Norwalk, CT
High School: Darien HS (Darien, CT)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1959
Teams (by GP): Senators/Orioles 1959-1967

Final Game: October 1, 1967
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1959	18	BAL-min	D-	70	252	252		89	14	7	11						.353	.353	.595	.948		150							BLD · APPY
1959	18	BAL	AL	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

1960	19	BAL-min	B	137	631	554	110	151	23	11	2	60	33		77	143	.273	.361	.365	.726		202							FOX · IIIL
1961	20	BAL-min	AA	150	650	561	109	158	26	7	1	45	41		89	95	.282	.380	.358	.738		201							LRK · SOUA
1962	21	BAL-min	AAA	154	688	589	92	168	21	5	11	50	16	5	89	87	.285	.378	.394	.772		232		1	5	4			ROC · IL
1962	21	BAL	AL	8	23	21	2	5	2	0	0	3	0	2	1	3	.238	.273	.333	.606	67	7	1	0	1	0	0	/4
1963	22	BAL	AL	115	195	167	21	39	1	2	1	12	8	3	25	44	.234	.332	.281	.613	78	47	4	0	3	1	0	846
1964	23	BAL	AL	46	38	34	14	5	1	0	0	0	3	1	3	6	.147	.216	.176	.393	11	6	2	0	0	0	0	6/8

1965	24	BAL-min	AAA	135	610	528	91	141	17	9	2	30	31	10	71	97	.267	.355	.345	.700		182		3	5	3			ROC · IL
1966	25	WSA	AL	120	446	406	54	102	10	4	5	24	4	3	27	62	.251	.300	.333	.632	83	135	7	2	9	2	1	456/78
1967	26	WSA	AL	89	253	233	22	55	13	0	0	8	8	0	17	34	.236	.287	.292	.579	75	68	6	0	2	1	1	46/57
1968	27	TEX-min	AAA	120	506	457	49	111	15	8	5	40	16	12	44	71	.243	.310	.344	.654		157		1	3	1			BFL · IL
6 Yrs				379	955	861	114	206	27	6	6	47	23	9	73	149	.239	.299	.305	.604	76	263	20	2	15	4	2
162 Game Avg.				162	408	368	49	88	12	3	3	20	10	4	31	64	.239	.299	.305	.604	76	112	9	1	6	2	1

BAL (4 yrs)				170	256	222	38	49	4	2	1	15	11	6	29	53	.221	.310	.270	.580	67	60	7	0	4	1	0
WSA (2 yrs)				209	699	639	76	157	23	4	5	32	12	3	44	96	.246	.295	.318	.613	80	203	13	2	11	3	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1959	18	BAL	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.511	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

1962	21	BAL	AL	8	23	-1	-1	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.489	.499	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	/4
1963	22	BAL	AL	115	195	-3	1	-0	2	1	0	-0.0	5	6	0.6	.500	.500	0.4	0.2	4	$	846
1964	23	BAL	AL	46	38	-4	1	0	1	0	-1	-0.2	1	-0	0.0	.497	.499	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	6/8

1966	25	WSA	AL	120	446	-7	2	0	6	3	4	0.2	13	16	1.4	.503	.503	1.0	0.8	11	$10,000	456/78
1967	26	WSA	AL	89	253	-7	1	-0	-5	2	-9	-1.2	7	-2	-0.5	.488	.493	0.2	-0.5	3	$	46/57
6 Seasons				379	955	-21	4	-0	4	6	-7	-1.3	27	20	1.5	.498	.499	1.4	0.7	16	$10,000

BAL (4 yrs)				170	256	-8	1	0	3	2	-2	-0.3	7	6	0.6	.499	.500	0.2	0.4	2	$
WSA (2 yrs)				209	699	-13	3	-0	0	5	-6	-1.0	20	14	0.9	.497	.498	1.2	0.3	14	$10,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1962	21	BAL	AL	23	20	1	1.4	97	.278	.238	.256	.273	.327	.333	.399	.606	.726	67	.097	-0.9	-0.1	.316	.048	.095
1963	22	BAL	AL	195	139	17	3.3	91	.309	.234	.251	.332	.316	.281	.387	.613	.703	78	.391	-4.3	-0.4	.570	.228	.048	1.8
1964	23	BAL	AL	38	32	1	0.8	96	.179	.147	.256	.216	.324	.176	.397	.393	.721	11	.049	-4.1	-0.4	.344	.176	.029	.0

1966	25	WSA	AL	446	325	41	3.4	89	.284	.251	.247	.300	.314	.333	.381	.632	.695	83	.436	-9.7	-1.0	.525	.150	.081	4.4
1967	26	WSA	AL	253	187	20	2.9	81	.275	.236	.239	.287	.307	.292	.358	.579	.666	75	.384	-6.8	-0.8	.505	.163	.056	.0
6 Yrs				955	703	80	3.1	88	.282	.239	.246	.299	.313	.305	.377	.604	.690	76	.387	-25.8	-2.8	.515	.167	.066	9.5
162 Game Avg.				408	300	34	3.1	88	.282	.239	.246	.299	.313	.305	.377	.604	.690	76	.387	-25.8	-2.8	.515	.167	.066	4

BAL (4 yrs)				256	191	19	2.7	93	.284	.221	.252	.310	.318	.270	.390	.580	.708	67	.302	-9.3	-1.0	.505	.203	.050	1.8
WSA (2 yrs)				699	512	61	3.2	86	.281	.246	.244	.295	.311	.318	.373	.613	.684	80	.419	-16.5	-1.8	.518	.155	.072	7.1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1962	21	BAL	AL	23	0.0%	13.0%	4.4%	8.7%	40%	3.00	7.0		7.0	4.00	78%
1963	22	BAL	AL	195	0.5%	22.6%	12.8%	2.1%	10%	1.76	3.8	167.0	13.9	1.75	63%
1964	23	BAL	AL	38	0.0%	15.8%	7.9%	2.6%	20%	2.00	5.7			7.00	74%

1966	25	WSA	AL	446	1.1%	13.9%	6.1%	4.3%	19%	2.30	6.5	81.2	16.9	1.09	76%
1967	26	WSA	AL	253	0.0%	13.4%	6.7%	5.1%	24%	2.00	6.9		29.1	1.31	79%
6 Yrs				955	0.6%	15.6%	7.6%	4.1%	19%	2.04	5.8	143.5	18.3	1.37	74%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.8%	8.3%	6.4%	29%	1.79	6.0	39.7	8.8	1.08	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1959	18	BAL	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1962	21	BAL	AL	-0.9	-0.1	25	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	1.07	-0.2	-0.2	-2.2	-0.2	0.99	-1.3	1.12	1
1963	22	BAL	AL	-4.3	-0.4	209	-0.3	3.1	-3.4	1.05	-0.4	0.1	-5.3	-0.6	0.97	-3.3	1.23	16
1964	23	BAL	AL	-4.1	-0.4	45	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.70	-0.3	-0.3	-4.4	-0.5	1.01	-3.0	1.11	3

1966	25	WSA	AL	-9.7	-1.0	461	-0.2	7.3	-7.6	1.01	-0.5	0.3	-6.2	-0.7	0.91	-4.8	1.60	19
1967	26	WSA	AL	-6.8	-0.8	265	-1.1	3.4	-4.5	.98	-0.7	-0.4	-6.7	-0.8	0.89	-6.8	1.35	25
6 Yrs				-25.8	-2.8	1005	-2.5	14.3	-16.8	1.00	-2.1	-0.4	-24.9	-2.7	0.93	-19.3	1.38	64

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1962	21	BAL	AL	0	0	33%	10	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1963	22	BAL	AL	3	0	32%	104	8	3	73%	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	37%	20	16	4	2	1	1	5	0	5
1964	23	BAL	AL	1	0	175%	65	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	53%	9	6	3	1	1	0	5	0	5

1966	25	WSA	AL	8	0	39%	192	4	3	57%	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	16	53%	20	14	6	7	3	4	13	2	11
1967	26	WSA	AL	3	0	31%	127	8	0	100%	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	9	55%	8	5	3	3	2	1	9	1	7
6 Yrs				15	0	39%	499	23	9	72%	21	9	2	0	0	0	2	0	11	37	50%	58	41	17	13	7	6	33	3	29

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1962	21	BAL	AL	23	100%	5			1	0	0	0	1.12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	1	20%	5	3	60%	14	3	21%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
1963	22	BAL	AL	195	100%	39			16	6	1	2	1.23	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	4	3	75%	31	4	13%	20	7	35%	115	11	10%	15	5	33%	11	5	45%	0
1964	23	BAL	AL	38	100%	5			3	0	0	0	1.11	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	2	29%	4	1	25%	21	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0

1966	25	WSA	AL	446	100%	102			19	5	0	3	1.60	5	0	6	4	1	2	3	0	10	9	90%	72	7	10%	46	17	37%	207	21	10%	17	10	59%	13	8	62%	0
1967	26	WSA	AL	253	100%	55			25	4	0	0	1.35	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	34	6	18%	16	3	19%	102	8	8%	8	4	50%	4	3	75%	0
6 Yrs				955	100%	206			64	15	1	5	1.38	6	0	16	5	1	2	4	0	17	15	88%	149	20	13%	91	31	34%	459	43	9%	44	20	45%	31	18	58%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			77%			10%			30%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1962	21	9	23	21	3	5	2	0	0	3	0	2	1	3	.238	.273	.333	.606	67	7	1	0	1	0	0
1963	22	124	218	188	24	44	3	2	1	15	8	5	26	47	.234	.326	.287	.613	77	54	5	0	4	1	0
1964	23	170	256	222	38	49	4	2	1	15	11	6	29	53	.221	.310	.270	.580	67	60	7	0	4	1	0
1965	24	170	256	222	38	49	4	2	1	15	11	6	29	53	.221	.310	.270	.580	67	60	7	0	4	1	0
1966	25	290	702	628	92	151	14	6	6	39	15	9	56	115	.240	.303	.311	.614	77	195	14	2	13	3	1
1967	26	379	955	861	114	206	27	6	6	47	23	9	73	149	.239	.299	.305	.604	76	263	20	2	15	4	2

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1962	21	8	23	21	2	5	2	0	0	3	0	1	3	.238	.273	.333	.606	2	8
1963	22	115	201	170	24	42	1	2	1	14	9	27	44	.247	.348	.294	.643	18	115
1964	23	46	35	33	11	4	1	0	0	0	2	2	6	.121	.171	.152	.323	1	46

1966	25	121	459	417	62	111	11	4	5	28	4	29	62	.266	.316	.348	.663	46	120
1967	26	89	262	240	27	62	15	0	0	10	9	19	34	.258	.312	.321	.632	24	89
5 Yrs		379	980	881	126	224	30	6	6	55	24	78	149	.254	.315	.322	.637	91	378
162 Game Avg.		162	419	377	54	96	13	3	3	24	10	33	64	.254	.315	.322	.637	39	378

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1966 AL 9 (9th)	Youngest s c a p y 1959 AL born 1941-06-02 (1st)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1966 AL 9 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1959 AL born 1941-06-02 (1st)

Similarity Scores

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